Domain versus Field networking

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Tom Deckert wrote:

> We are currently running a Win2000 domain with Active Directory in three
> cities. The laptops and desktops are Windows XP (both SP1 and SP2). Our
> staff regularly visits clients and has to network together at the client
> location and share data through a common directory. The common directory
> has full permissions for Everyone and those permissions are pushed to each
> laptop.
>
> Unfortunately when we configure a network (wired or wireless) for use
> outside the domain we have to authenticate each user in that network to
> every laptop in the network before the data can be shared. Every user has
> administrator rights on their laptop. This setup time is both annoying and
> costly.
>
> Is there a better way?
>
> Thanks.

I didn't quite understand everything but are there 2 different domains involved
in this setup? If so, you may want to create a trust between them.